# Scheduling a backup using Veeam

#### Choose a backup connection

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Click on **Create Schedule** and choose **VMware** or **Hyper-V**

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Step 1: Schedule a backup.

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{% hint style="info" %}
To trigger backup job immediately instead of waiting for the next scheduled time, choose *Trigger backup Now* option. 
{% endhint %}

Step 2: Configure the Virtual Machines for the backups schedule

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Once the schedule is created, the backup will trigger based on the scheduled time.